Terry Ward

Yesterday was Terry's funeral. Terry died at the age of 55 after a serious illness of sudden onset. Terry leaves liz and three lovely children. Liz is the daughter of my late half sister Geraldine and is a couple of years younger than I. I feel close to Liz despite our not seeing one another enough. Terry was a great person and his funeral reflected that. The reading of the Letter of St Paul to the Philippians 2:3-11 really impressed me.

Philippians 2: 3-11
Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross.

Carol read a poem she had composed and Alison made a tribute. Wow. What a family. I enjoyed meeting Michael, Andrew and David. We only meet at funerals now.

The only problem with Terry was that he was a senior member of the Conservative party!!!!